Veneto 325 gsm - rough (front) and cold pressed (reverse), 70x100 cm

The artistic Renesans dry pastels are still subject to manual production. They are dried in a fully natural way and apply top quality raw materials, including kaolin extracted in Poland, and the best dry pigments. Pastel painting sees use of dry colourful chalklike sticks, without any liquid painting agents, which are applied onto a rough surface. Pastels are composed of painting pigments with chalk, clay, or plaster for binding, which provides a soft, smooth, and easily dusting stroke. A properly created pastel offers freshness, smoothly penetrating colours, no gloss, and bright surface. Each colour is applied individually, which makes it important to have an appropriately wide colour range. Preservation of the dust falling off the surface is possible with a special fixative or a glass frame with passe-partout, which isolates paper from glass. The product range is available in 119 colours of Renesans dry pastels individually or in sets of 12, 24, 36, 48, and 99 colours.

Gioconda Soft Pastel Pencils offer the smooth finish of conventional pastels without the mess. They are highly pigmented, with a buttery smooth feel, and have excellent blending and toning characteristics on dark or light surfaces. All colors are lightfast and fade resistant. Gioconda Pastel Pencils also feature California cedar wood casings for crisp and accurate sharpening with minimal waste. They are available in a full range of 53 colors. Pencils are pre-sharpened.

This paper is produced with a high cotton content and pure ECF cellulose, according to ISO 9706 'LONG LIFE' regulations. It is acid free to guarantee long permanence in time. It has highly lightfast colours, an excellent surface making and sizing which make this paper particularly suitable for pastels, pencil, graphite, charcoal, tempera, air brush and watercolour techniques. Tiziano can be used for all printing techniques. Dimensions 29,7 x 42cm.

Khadi White Rag paper is made from 100% long fibred cotton rag. It is internally sized (with a neutral pH size) and surface tub sized with gelatine. This paper is acid free and made in India.